, 1887-03-10
Henry Ward BeecheV Danger
ou'ly Ill.
The President Follows His We.
toes with II Few pardODs.
Notes Of News From Around The
World.

WAsHINGroN, Feb. 5-Thc aggregat,
appropriation bills passed by the forty
ninth congress is about $3.50, 600
In The total ii the exclusive sums appro
III priatcd by river and harbor and de
Y tciency appropriation bills, which hay,
.ailed of enactment. Appropriation,
for the current fiscal year aggregate
F2Gi 100000, which amount would
have fully cqualled the aggregation
voted by the last congress, had the two
bills mentioned become law. Some
idea of the manner i'm which the forty
ninth congress wound up.its work may
be found in the declaration OF mem.
bcrs OF little experience, thUt the
record revealed the fact that one quar-
ter Of the legislation of the session had
been enacted on the last legislative
days And of the enrolling clerk OF
twelve years experience, said that
never in that length of time
mad had Inc witnessed such haste
Us exhibited in the last twcnty-four
hours of the congress which had just
expired. Enough papers to fill half
bushcl basket, all of them presidential
on the floor of the clerks office i'm
Sthe house ut the wing of the capital
this morning. They numbered lO1 in
vall.
coLvILLE MILITARY RESERVATION.
BY II recent order of the president
the military reservation ut Fort Col.
vile has been transferred to the de-
partment of the interior for disposition
under the act of July 6, 1883, it being
no longer ncedful for military pur-
poses.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
The agreement recently concluded
between the west Indian commission,
On behalf of the government and
Indians ON the great Blackfeet reser-
vation in northern Montana, has been
received at the Indian bureau. BY its
terms: The separate reservations are
set apart for the permanent homes of
the Indians. One for the Peck agency
Indians, another for Belknap agency |
Indians, and the third for Blackfoot |
agency Indians, each comprising an
psha OF about 1,20O square miles, leav
Nan area estimated to contain about |
" 900 acres Of territory or about |
tl fin,es larger than tho State of !
NJ lalfd, which the Indians cede to
the United States in consideration of
the following sums: For the Peck In
dams $165,OOO per annum for ten
years for the Fort Belknap Indians,
$4,000 per annum for the same pc
riod and for the Blackfoot Indians
Sl50OOO per annum for ten years.
These sums are to be expended under
the direction of the secretary of the
Interior, in the purchase of stock for
breeding purposes, subsistence, cloth
ing and otherwise for the comfort and
civilization of the Indians. 1t is be-
lievcd by the commission that the
compensation agreed upon is fair and
in position to speedily become self
supporting and to require no further
government aid.
WANT THE PRESIDENT TO SIGN.
An appeal has been made since the
of congress to induce
the president to sign the river and har-
hooAbill and those interested in secur-
Shis action assert that there is moth
NJ in the constitution to- prevent his
doing so now ii he is so disposed. Sew
eral members OF congress, including
representatives Willis and Dibble, are
aware that he has this power, and
have cndeavored to persuade him to
sign the bill, Mr. Willis said to-day
that there was nothing in the consti-
tuition whicn provided that the presi-
dent should sign all the bills before IL
O'Clock on the 4th of March or that he
should report the fact of his signature
to the house. The only provision
with relation to the bills not signed
before the expiration of congress he
said was that ten days limit should
not operate to make measures become
Laws. He called on the president to-
day and suggested to him that he sign
the bill now unless he objects to its
provisions. The president informed
him that he could not do so MS he was
BULLY convinced that his constitutional
power to sign or veto acts of congress
expired with the adjournment of that
hoay: Attorney-General Garland
~ entirely with the president on
is question.
Presidential Pardons.